picture on front cover/dust jacket
Title The New BBC Book of Bowls
Compiler Keith Phillips
Publisher BBC Books, London
First published 1990
ISBN 0-563-20896-1
Edition reviewed 1st
Hardback/softback Softback
List price £3.99
Cover size (cm)
(height x width)
19.6 x 12.8
Number of pages 136
Number of pages with Coloured photos Black & white photos Line drawings
  None 40 7
Synopsis The New BBC Book of Bowls is a follow-up to the highly successful The BBC Book of Bowls published in 1987. This up-to-the-minute volume features:
  • How to play bowls by Jimmy Davidson
  • Latest developments in the flat and crown green games
  • Playing trends
  • Up and coming stars of the flat and crown green games
  • Competition results
  • An assessment by David Icke of how television coverage has affected the game's rules and traditions
  • Ladies' bowls

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